Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha’s Vision of “What We Can Do Next”
Ambitious Program Rx Kids Works to Eradicate Child Poverty in Flint, Mich., and Beyond
What if we let pediatricians run the world? Hear me out.
During the pandemic, life expectancy has trended down. Equally troubling, and far less discussed, is a recent decline in average...
As early learning science continues to deliver new insights around how children learn, the imperative next step becomes putting those learnings into the hands of people who need it most: Educators and parents. Senior Manager Erin Ramsey explains how Mind in the Making does that all across America.
The East Kentucky Dream Center empowers families stuck in the cycle of poverty. But what does that look like? “We...
Preschool expulsion is a big problem nationwide: According to a 2017 study, more than 250 children are suspended or expelled...
If you’ve been following my work at all, you know I bristle at many “incremental” solutions to child care challenges.
The United States has finally decided to invest serious resources in our children. It just took a pandemic for it...
Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and you’re at home with the little ones. We’re still here for you. Earlier we shared...
Jessica Meir’s Five Rules for Being a Good Earthling
One Half of the World’s First All-Female Space Walking Duo Returns to Solid Ground
During her 205 days on the International Space Station, astronaut Jessica Meir had a little green friend. It wasn’t a Martian, it was mizuna lettuce that she tended as part of an experiment. “There was definitely a psychological component of having something green we could take care of,” she says. “We also got to eat it.”
How can parents turn every day moments with their children – bath time, meal-time, even trips to the laundromat – into learning moments for their kids? Patti Miller, CEO of Too Small to Fail, explains.
Home-based child care is a fact of life in the U.S. On any given day, millions of children spend their...
